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What sorts of trouble is Ty getting himself into this time?

By IGN Cars

Former IGN Cars editor Tyrone Rodriguez is getting himself into all sorts of shenanigans for his new gig at GT Channel.

Just a few short days ago, Ty found a few Lexus prototypes driving around the public streets of Southern California. You should click here to read Ty's account of the whole ordeal, but for those of you too lazy to push a mouse button, we'll give you a teaser/recap:

It turns out that the prototype drivers didn't take too kindly to having someone take a picture of a canvas-covered car driving on a public street, so the Lexus drivers went and endangered Ty's safety (and the safety of any other drivers on these public streets) by driving like maniacs. Yeah, like the soccer moms will really feel better knowing that lives were endangered just so the next-gen RX CUV they are hoping for can remain hidden from the public's eyes for a few more months. And by "public" we mean the public that wasn't standing around on the public streets, 'cause... you know... no one with a working set of eyes lives in the densely packed suburbs that surround Toyota's Torrance HQ. (That last sentence was sarcasm, by the way...)

We hope the people at Lexus feel good knowing that their drivers did their damnedest to cause a major accident so that its tent-covered car couldn't be photographed by a crappy cell phone camera. What would have happened to the Lexus driver if he succeeded in causing an accident? Would he have gotten a slap on the wrist or a promotion? Or will the driver get fired anyway for not being able to avoid the eyes of a crappy cell phone camera?